London Irish will be without Agustin Creevy for their Champions Cup clash with the DHL Stormers in Cape Town after the Los Pumas veteran was suspended.

The EPCR confirmed on Wednesday that Creevy has been suspended for four weeks after he was cited following his red card in the round 1 match against Montpellier.

Creevy was sent off by the referee, Andrea Piardi in the 33rd minute of the match for tackling the Montpellier fullback, Anthony Bouthier, in a dangerous manner.

An independent Disciplinary Committee considered video imagery of the incident and heard submissions from Creevy, who accepted he had committed an act of foul play but did not accept the red card decision.

The committee upheld the red card decision, finding that in executing the tackle in a dangerous manner, Creevy had made contact with Bouthier’s head. It then determined that the offending was at the mid-range of World Rugby’s sanctions and six weeks was selected as the appropriate entry point.

Due to the Argentinian’s poor recent disciplinary record, it was decided not to grant him the full 50% mitigation and the committee therefore only reduced the sanction by two weeks before imposing a four-week suspension.

Creevy will be free to play in January 2023, so will miss Saturday’s Champions Cup clash against the Stormers, even if he completes the World Rugby Coaching Intervention.

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